Network of roads and bridges mapped to connect Davao’s eight hot spots
DAVAO CITY -- An initial urban master plan for Davao will involve the establishment of eight circumferential transport and development corridors, complete with key...
US embassy’s new ‘off location’ digs
LONDON -- The new US embassy in London is located in a former post-industrial wasteland on the south side of the River Thames --...
Hong Kong home prices reach double 1997 level and stocks rally
HONG KONG — Here’s a scary statistic: Hong Kong home prices are more than double their 1997 levels, when the city’s biggest housing bubble...
Using ‘digital Lego’, communities redesign India’s crowded slums
MUMBAI — When urban designer Trupti Vaitla asked residents of a Mumbai slum what new features they’d like to see in their dilapidated public...
‘Thirtyfold’ virtual office industry growth seen
WORKSPACE PROVIDER Regus Philippines said it expects the virtual office industry growth this year to be driven by millennials’ penchant for flexible work arrangements.
Regus...
Homelessness to digital IDs: five property rights hot spots this year
MUMBAI -- The global fight over land and resources is getting increasingly bloody and the race for control of valuable assets is expanding from...
Home prices in 20 US cities increase by most since 2014
WASHINGTON -- Housing prices in 20 US cities accelerated more than forecast in October, rising by the most since mid-2014 as lean inventories continued...
NY removes nuke fallout shelter signs
NEW YORK -- New York City has quietly begun removing some of the corroding yellow nuclear fallout shelter signs that were appended to thousands...
Bethlehem hotels teem with tourists, defying tensions over Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — In the West Bank town revered as Jesus’s birthplace, hotels were at full capacity for Christmas despite simmering Israeli-Palestinian tensions over President...
Russians, Chinese seek out Greek properties for bargains, visas
ATHENS — George Kachmazov, a Russian realtor, is buying up property in Athens.
The Moscow-based chief executive officer of real-estate platform Tranio.com has bought a...
East Coast’s biggest mall looks beyond retail space
NEW YORK — The scene at the East Coast’s largest mall one recent Friday morning would seem to fly in the face of the...
Hong Kong’s house-price curbs aren’t working — Carrie Lam
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s red-hot housing market can’t be tamed.
For the first time since taking office last July, Hong Kong chief executive Carrie...